Brief Life History of Alphonse Marcus
When Alphonse Marcus Schaefer was born on 10 August 1899, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Albert Edwin Schaefer, was 40 and his mother, Mary Josephine Celestine Reimbold, was 29. He married LaVerne Marion Sturgeon on 16 February 1920, in Greenfield, Adair, Iowa, United States. He lived in Adair, Iowa, United States for about 10 years and Enid, Garfield, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. He died on 24 May 1956, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Greenfield, Adair, Iowa, United States.
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- Alphonse Schaefer, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
- Schaefer, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
- Alphonse M. Schaefer or Schafer, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Erwin, Ernst, Hans, Gerhard, Helmut, Dieter, Wolfgang, Hermann, Horst, Manfred.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) (Schäfer): occupational name for a shepherd, from an agent derivative of German Schaf, Middle High German schāf ‘sheep’. It is also found in Hungary and Czechia. Compare Schafer and Schaffer 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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